Italy-Information for tourists - Fine Italy

Italy is a country certainly worthy of your visit. There is a limited number of places on the planet, which would be a strong and continuing interest in the various parts of the world. The interesting and noteworthy everything from ancient history to modern Italians.
To make your trip as comfortable, we put on our website all the necessary information on the country.

Geography :
Italy took Apenninski Peninsula adjacent to the northern part of the mainland-Padanskuu plain okaimlennouu exact, and the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and a number of small archipelagos and islets.
Italy Gulf waters five seas : in the west, and Liguriiskoe Tyrrhenian, on the east by the Adriatic Sea, in the south of the Ionian and Mediterranean. The main river, and the Tiber. Italy predominantly mountainous country : in the north, the southern slopes of the Alps, which is the highest mountain in Europe-Mont Blanc (4'807 m); south-Padanskaya plain, on the peninsula - Jura mountains. Within Italy there are two active volcano, and Mount Aetna. In the north, Italy is bordered by France, Switzerland, Austria, in the north-east with Slovenia. Within Italy there are two "micro» : the Vatican and the Republic of San Marino.

Visa :
Italy is a signatory to Schengen agreement and the Italian visa entitles you is not only in the territory of Italy, but in the territory of any of the Schengen treaty.
Necessary documents for a visa to Italy :
-passport,
-two colour photographs 3.5h4.5,
: a copy of a Russian passport
-help with the work of the office and the salary,
-check from the bank account or trevel-ceki worth 50 euros per day per person.
, with the departure of a child with one parent a notarized power of attorney from the other parent.

Currency :
currency in Italy, the euro (Euro). The circulation banknotes in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros, and coins denominated in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents.
The Vatican adopted only watikanskaya lira. Eurocheques paid to the amount of 300,000 L (approximately $ 160). We accept credit cards of any known banks.

Climate :
climate is typically Mediterranean. Here you can swim and sun at the beginning of May until the end of September, and in the south of the country for much longer. Average July temperatures are 20 ... 28 C, Jan. 10 ... -14 C.
climate on the coast of Italy, famous for its exquisite. Mountain areas Appenin Alps and protect the valley from the cold northern winds, and off the coast of Italy, there are no storms, and the number of pasmurnah days a year rarely exceeds 60-90. In winter, the temperatures seldom fall below + 8 ... 9 C, and summer winds from the sea inspires walk (22 ... 24 C).

Language :
official language in Italy, Italian. The tourist centres could explain French or English. German understood in the foothills of the Alps and in the resort areas north of the Adriatic and on the lakes.

Religion :
98% of the population is Catholic, which is not surprising, since the center of Catholicism, the Vatican, is in the territory of the capital.

Time :
Time 2:00 behind Moscow from Kiev at 1:00